Arctic Monkeys tickets already on sale for over £300 EACH after 80,000 fans joined online queue for Manchester gig

The 1975 frontman Matty Healy has spoken to NME about his group being “post-Arctic Monkeys” – and how they could “still be the most important band” of the decade ahead.Speaking to NME for this week’s Big Read cover story to mark the release of their fifth album, ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’, Healy discussed the legacy and future of The 1975, as well as how he feels about being labelled as a ‘band’.Speaking in 2018, Healy hailed Arctic Monkeys as “the band of the 2000s” with The 1975 the defining band of the 2010s. Asked today about how he felt about his group’s standing for the decade ahead, Healy replied: “I think we could still be the most important band of the ‘20s, – I’ve got a prediction that we will be, but we’re starting to get into a semantic argument”.Healy then admitted that “Arctic Monkeys are still relevant and making amazing records and are still a band” who could “always be around if they wanted to” (as well as revealing that he’s “obsessed with bands like Fontaines D.C.”), but argued that culture is no longer necessarily aligned with the idea of “white guys with guitars changing the world” and that The 1975 shouldn’t perhaps even be considered as a traditional band.“With us, you need to take us out of the ‘bands’ world and put us next to Lana [Del Rey], Taylor [Swift], Frank Ocean and Kendrick [Lamar],” he said.

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Arctic Monkeys have shared some new details on their upcoming track ‘Sculptures Of Anything Goes’, likening it to the sound of their hit 2013 album ‘AM’.The song will appear on the Sheffield band’s seventh studio record ‘The Car’, which is due for release on October 21 via Domino (pre-order here).During a recent interview with the Dutch radio station NPO 3FM, frontman Alex Turner said that ‘Sculptures…’ finds the Monkeys in a “different” musical landscape. “We haven’t really been to that place I don’t think, sonically,” he explained.“That [song] does remind me a little bit of some of the desert-ier side of the ‘AM’ record from 2013.

Arctic Monkeys have explained the connection between all their seven studio albums as they gear up to release new LP ‘The Car’ next week (October 21).Since releasing debut album ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’ in 2006, the band have flirted with desert rock (2009’s ‘Humbug’), arena-filling rock’n’roll (2013 classic and NME Album Of The Decade, ‘AM’) and lunar-inspired slow-jams (‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’)As the band told Dutch radio station NPO 3FM in a new interview, the connections between the albums are more obvious to the band than they may be to fans.“There’s a path that goes from the first album to this album,” drummer Matt Helders explained. “It might not be obvious and clear to everybody at first, but for us, it’s definitely got a bit of that.

Arctic Monkeys have spoken about their upcoming seventh studio album ‘The Car’, elaborating on the process and the inspiration behind one of its tracks – watch below.Ahead of the band’s Studio Brussel performance on October 10, Alex Turner and Matt Helders were interviewed by 3FM’s Vera Siemons. Speaking to them about the new album, she asked: “Do you remember the moment when you felt like it clicked, it was complete. The entire record is finished, done, it’s perfect?”“It took us a lot longer to get to the end point of this one than any of the others,” Turner replied.

Arctic Monkeys have added European headline dates to their 2023 world tour behind new album ‘The Car’ – see the new dates below and find tickets here.The band’s seventh album will come out next week (October 21) and they have already confirmed details of a UK stadium tour and North American dates with Fontaines D.C. for next year.Across late April and early May of 2023, the band will play a number of gigs on the continent, reaching Germany, Norway, Sweden, France and beyond.The gigs kick off in Austria on April 24, running through until May 9 where they will wrap up the tour with a gig at Paris’ Accor Arena. Support on all gigs will come from Inhaler.Check out the band’s full 2023 touring schedule below, with new European shows in bold.

Arctic Monkeys have added two tour dates to their 2023 US tour. View details for the additional Red Rocks and Los Angeles gigs below.The Sheffield band announced their run of North American dates earlier this week, sharing that they’d be kicking off the tour at The Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 25 and wrapping it up at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum on September 29.Now, the band has shared an additional date in California on Saturday, September 30. The band also announced a second show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado on September 19.

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Arctic Monkeys have shared details of a North American tour for 2023 with Fontaines D.C. on support – see dates below as well as how to purchase tickets.The Sheffield band first head stateside next summer, kicking the tour off at The Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US on August 25.

Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner has looked back in a new interview on his infamous speech at the 2014 BRIT Awards.Turner memorably gave a speech about “that rock’n’roll” and the “cyclical nature of the universe” while collecting the band’s award for MasterCard Album of the Year at the ceremony, before dropping the microphone and walking off stage.The frontman previously addressed the speech in 2018, telling Mojo: “I maintain that I didn’t really have another way around it. Another way of justifying getting up in that room.

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Arctic Monkeys‘ huge 2023 UK and Ireland stadium tour went on sale this morning (September 30) – see reaction below and buy your tickets here.The returning Sheffield four-piece, whose seventh album ‘The Car’ lands in October, will tour in the UK and Ireland in May and June next year.

Arctic Monkeys have added a third London date to their 2023 UK and Ireland stadium tour after the first two shows sold out this morning (September 30).Tickets for the Sheffield band’s stadium tour next year went on general sale this morning, with high demand being reported on ticket sites and across social media.Arctic Monkeys’ first two dates at London’s Emirates Stadium on June 16 and 17 both sold out this morning, with the band now announcing a third show at Arsenal’s stadium on June 18.Tickets for the newly announced gig, as well as the rest of the tour, are on sale now from here.A third London show is now on sale following the first two shows selling out. Get tickets here: https://t.co/151qusg7BG pic.twitter.com/KqtC5g7fSQ— Arctic Monkeys (@ArcticMonkeys) September 30, 2022You can see Arctic Monkeys’ updated UK and Ireland tour schedule for 2023 below.May 202329 – Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol31 – Building Society Arena, CoventryJune 20232 – Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester3 – Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester5 – Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough7 – Carrow Road Stadium, Norwich9 – Hillsborough Park, Sheffield10 – Hillsborough Park, Sheffield12 – Swansea.com Stadium, Swansea14 – The Ageas Bowl, Southampton16 – Emirates Stadium, London17 – Emirates Stadium, London18 – Emirates Stadium, London20 – Malahide Castle, Dublin25 – Bellahouston Park, GlasgowArctic Monkeys will tour next year in support of their upcoming new album ‘The Car’.

Arctic Monkeys were the latest musical guests on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where the band brought ‘Body Paint’ – the latest preview of their forthcoming seventh studio album ‘The Car’.The band’s Fallon appearance was filmed while the band were in New York to play an intimate “phone-free” concert at the 3,000-capacity Kings Theatre in Brooklyn.Alex Turner and co’s live rendition elevates all the glitzy, slow-burning slickness of the studio version – which arrived on Thursday (September 29), following lead single ‘There’d Better Be a Mirrorball’ in August. Watch below:In a four-star review of ‘Body Paint’, NME described the second preview of ‘The Car’ as “an ambitious, swaggering rock ballad” that proves “the band have no issue creating something otherworldly, even when the subject matter is far closer to earth.”‘The Car’, which will follow on from the band’s 2018 album ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’, is set to arrive on October 21 via Domino.

Arctic Monkeys have added a second Manchester date to their 2023 UK and Ireland stadium tour following a huge early demand for tickets.The returning Sheffield four-piece will tour in the UK and Ireland in May and June next year, with tickets set to go on general sale here tomorrow morning (September 30).A pre-sale for the whole tour took place earlier this morning (September 29), with the pre-sale for the band’s initial Manchester date at Emirates Old Trafford on June 2, 2023 selling out.Arctic Monkeys will now play a second date at Emirates Old Trafford on June 3, 2023. Tickets for the new Manchester show, as well as the other dates of the band’s UK and Ireland tour, will go on general sale at 9am tomorrow.Arctic Monkeys announce a second Manchester date off the back of a sold out pre-sale this morning.